Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided May 2, 1997No. A-5100Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Aaron M. Jones appeals his conviction for taking a deer out of season, AS 16.05.920(a). Jones shot the deer on a five-acre parcel of land owned by his uncle, John Littlefield. This parcel lies a few miles north of Sitka. The United States government conveyed this parcel to Littlefield in 1970 under the Alaska Native Allotment Act, former 43 U.S.C. §§ 270-1 through 270-3 (repealed in 1971).
The basic question presented in this appeal is whether the State of Alaska has the authority to enforce its game laws on parcels of land conveyed to Natives under the Alaska Native…
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- Sarah Pence v. Thomas S. Kleppe, Individually and as Secretary of the Interior of the United States and His Agents, and the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Atkinson v. HaldaneAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
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